Food allergen testing gives the ability to verify cleaning processes, as well as check raw materials and the final product to ensure they are free of unwanted food allergens. Food allergen testing also helps control cross contamination in the facility.

Why is food allergen testing important?

In Canada, 60% of product recalls are the result of undeclared food allergens.4 Besides impacting your business, mislabeling puts your customers at risk.

A statistic from a Canadian Medical Association study6 found that “In most people with peanut allergies, symptoms develop after substantially less than 1 peanut is ingested and highly allergic people can react to trace amounts.” The study found that subjective symptoms were reported with doses as low as 100 μg.

This is why food allergen testing is part of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and quality systems guidelines. It is critical to keeping consumers safe.

How can food testing labs incorporate an effective allergen testing process without compromising their speed to market?

As a quality control team you’re responsible for releasing a safe product to market. The simpler the allergen testing method, the better it is because it reduces the possibility of errors from manipulation.

What’s important to know about 3M™ Allergen Protein Rapid Tests is that they respond to the needs of food processing facilities for simple, reliable, and fast results. Here’s how: